Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an excerpt of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 28 January 1854.The item relates to circular instructions sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy at Tehran, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, in 1852-53. The first circular discourages British merchants from selling their goods on credit to employees of the Persian [Iranian] Government because the employees are falling into debt. The second circular sets out the duties for which British merchants trading in Persia are liable.Kemball forwards the circulars, with his comments, to the Government of Bombay who in turn forward them on to the Government of India, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Acting Collector of Customs.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '420 1854', 'Collection No. 11 of No. 4 of 1854', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '13' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 997, and terminates at f 1004, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Imprint:London, Stanford’s Geographical Establishment, Charing Cross.Distinctive Features:Shows telegraph line to India; submarine telegraph cable laid in 1864 and 1869; various routes including Pottinger’s 1810 expedition from Nushki (Balochistan) to Isfahan; boundaries and frontiers.Below title: ‘Table showing the approximate value of the Roman letters used in the names of places on the Map’.Includes four sections:• between the Persian Gulf and Bampúr Valley;• between the Persian Gulf and the Kharán Desert about the meridian of 63° Valley;• along the high road between Shiráz, Karmán, Bampúr & the edge of the Kharán or Halmand Desert;• between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian along the high road through Busire, Shiráz, Isfahán and Teherán.Physical description: Dimensions:1800 x 1900 mm, each sheet 480 x 660 mm
Abstract: Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, relief by spot heights, gradient tints and shading, railways, roads, telegraphs, settlements, water sources, place names, and international boundaries. The sheet bears the imprint 'War Office, April 1912. Additions, July 1916.'The verso bears the manuscript note 'Persia & Afghanistan'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colourDimensions: 494 x 767mm, on sheet 628 x 888mm
Abstract: Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, relief by spot heights, gradient tints and shading, railways, roads, telegraphs, settlements, water sources, place names, and international boundaries. The sheet bears the imprint 'War Office, April 1912.'The verso bears the manuscript note 'Persia and Afghanistan'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colourDimensions: 494 x 767mm, on sheet 618 x 891mm
Abstract: Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, relief by spot heights, gradient tints and shading, railways, roads, telegraphs, settlements, water sources, place names, and international boundaries. The sheet bears the imprints 'War Office, April 1912', 'Additions, July 1918' and 'Railways revised, Jan.1919'.Manuscript additions portray boundary amendments labelled as 'Persian Territorial Claims'.The verso bears the manuscript note 'Persia Claims'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in inkDimensions: 501 x 777mm, on sheet 626 x 886mm
Abstract: Folio 1:Classified 'Secret'.The northern half of map sheet Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149, complete sheets bearing the imprint 'April 1912, Additions July 1918, Railways revised Jan 1919'. Sheet portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, place names, water sources and international boundaries. This version has been printed without coloured relief plates; copies with coloured relief plates are at Maps 50970.(27.) and Maps MOD GSGS 2149.Manuscript annotations provide details of British, Russ[ian]. and Turkoman Irregulars, and Enemy troops, a route objective, the date '7 Feb 1919', the classification 'Secret' and the note 'To accompany M[inistry].O[f].I[nformation]. J.24.' Annotated map detail covers Azerbaijan, Persia [Iran] and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. A legend and scale bar, as would have appeared on the missing lower half of the map, have been pasted on. The verso bears the annotation 'Transcaspia'.Folio 1a:Classified'Secret'.Circulation list relating to Folio 1 above, to which it is attached. Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in ink. 137 x 153mm. Dated 1919-20.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript annotations in coloured ink and crayonDimensions: 262 x 764mm, on sheet 316 x 896mm
Abstract: The volume is Volume II of George Nathaniel Curzon,
Persia and the Persian Question, 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892).The volume contains illustrations and six maps.The chapter headings are as follows:XIX From Teheran to IsfahanXX From Isfahan to ShirazXXI Persepolis, and Other RuinsXXII From Shiraz to BushireXXIII The Eastern and South-Eastern ProvincesXXIV The South-Western ProvincesXXV The Karun RiverXXVI The NavyXXVII The Persian GulfXXVIII Revenue, Resources, and ManufacturesXXIX Commerce and Trade (Part I History of Perso-European Trade; Part II The Modern Trade of Persia)XXX British and Russian Policy in Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 350 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 716 (the last folio bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right-hand corner of the recto page of each folio. There is also an original printed pagination sequence. This runs from vi-xii (ff. 351-354) and 2-653 (ff. 355-716).
Abstract: The volume is Volume I of George Nathaniel Curzon,
Persia and the Persian Question, 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892).The volume contains illustrations and four maps, including a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Baluchistan].The chapter headings are as follows:I IntroductoryII Ways and MeansIII From London to AshkabadIV TranscaspiaV From Ashkabad to KuchanVI From Kuchan to Kelat-i-NadiriVII MeshedVIII Politics and Commerce of KhorasanIX The Seistan QuestionX From Meshed to TeheranXI TeheranXII The Northern ProvincesXIII The Shah - Royal Family - MinistersXIV The GovernmentXV Institutions and ReformsXVI The North-West and Western ProvincesXVII The ArmyXVIII Railways.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 349 (the large map contained in a polyester sleeve loosely inserted between the last folio and the back cover). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle and appear in the top right-hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 151, 151A. Folio 349 needs to be folded out to be read. There is also an original printed pagination sequence. This runs from viii-xxiv (ff. 3-11) and 2-639 (ff. 12-347).
Abstract: This file contains notes and cuttings on Persia by George Curzon, including cuttings of Curzon's letters on Persia in
TheTimesnewspaper, and corrections to the manuscript of his book titled
Persia and the Persian Question.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 42; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of a note, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary, Political Department, India Office. It concerns a recent offer of military assistance, which was reportedly made to the British Vice-Consul at Ahwaz [Edward William Charles Noel, British Vice-Consul, Ahvāz, Iran] by the Bakhtiari [Baḵtīārī] Ilkhani, Sardar Zafar. The Ilkhani is reported to have offered to place at the disposal of the British '5000 good cavalry for service against the Kashgais [Qashqais] or elsewhere'.The file goes on to state a series of concrete proposals, formulated by Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson [Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia], following his discussions with the Vice-Consul at Ahwaz. Wilson reportedly proposes that the Ilkhani should be invited to maintain a force of 1500 men under his own command, with the objectives being to stabilise the situation in Ispahan and maintain the authority of the Ilkhani in Bakhtiari territories.Also discussed are the views of Sir Charles Murray Marling [British Minister, Tehran] (who fears that the proposal will bring about a split in the Bakhtiari tribe) and of Sir Herbert Cox [Secretary, Military Department, India Office] (who strongly supports the proposals).Shuckburgh concludes that the Political Department is strongly inclined to the opinion that Wilson's proposals should be approved by His Majesty's Government, since Sardar Zafar's offer affords the British a favourable opportunity of committing the Bakhtiari tribe to their cause.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 153, and terminates at f 154, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This volume concerns the geography, political history and economic conditions of Persia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919.It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'(folios 4-8); 'Political History'(folios 9-32); 'Social and Political Conditions' (folios 33-36) and 'Economic Conditions' (folios 37-64). In Appendix, extract from treaties, in English and French, and statistic tables regarding trade in Persia 1910-1915.Physical description: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 78. There is also an original pagination, from 1 to 149.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 March 1846.The item relates to the settlement of claims due to British officers from the Persian [Iranian] Government. In particular, the item includes:Details of the officers in question and the amounts owed to their estatesDetails on the amount transferred by the Persian Government directly to the Court of Directors in LondonReports on the progress made by John Williams, General Paymaster, in settling the claimsA letter from a Mr Elander, clerk and draftsman, who requests the money owed to the estate of Richard Gibbons (ff 581-582).Particular attention is also paid to claims made by Tagubee [Taguhi] Shee, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Bazil Shee, who supplies copies of statements and acquittance rolls as evidence, but whose claims are complicated by a claim made against her by an Armenian merchant at Tehran. A copy of Tagubee Shee’s petition can be found at folios 559-560.Correspondents include: Tagubee Shee; Williams; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran; the Court of Directors; the [provincial] Government of Scinde [Sindh]; and the governments of Bombay and India.Tagubee is also rendered in the text as: Sagubee; Saguhee; and Taquhee.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5287, Draft 503/46’, ‘Coll[ection] 23’, ‘Collection N. 35 of N. 41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 551, and terminates at f 595, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.